Viral Video of the Day: Girl paints amazing Yao Ming portrait using only a basketball

YouTubeHong Yi, also known as "Red," painted this portrait of NBA star Yao Ming using only a basketball.

Don't have a paintbrush, but you still want to create some art? Take a lesson from Hong Yi, a Malaysian artist who calls herself Red.

The talented girl used a basketball and red paint to create an amazing portrait of retired NBA basketball star Yao Ming. Watch as she uses the contours of the round ball to make the painting, including detail and shadows that looks just like a real picture she based the creation on.

The video, seen more than 300,000 times in just three weeks, is a time-lapse showing how Red did it in just two and a half minutes.

The artist explains her passion on her website: "I love to create art. Not with the usual paintbrush and watercolor and pencils though - I like to grab whatever I can get hold of - rocks, ketchup, milk, salt, shirts - and turn them into art. It's more fun that way!"

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